An isochron is the straight line on which lie the points of minerals or rocks that formed at the same time from the same source and have stayed closed systems since, when the ratio of daughter to stable isotope is plotted against the ratio of parent to stable isotope. Its slope gives their age, and the point where it meets the vertical axis gives their starting ratio.
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